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November 27, 2005

jaded – adj. 1. Worn out; wearied: “My father’s words had left me jaded and depressed” (William Styron).
2. Dulled by surfeit; sated: “the sickeningly sweet life of the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes” (John Simon).
3. Cynically or pretentiously callous.

jade – n. 1. A broken-down or useless horse; a nag.
2. A woman regarded as disreputable or shrewish.

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To America’s National Pasttime: Shopping

1. consumer whore – n. Someone who makes fool-harty purchases, blind to the money-making scams of corporations.

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Thanksgiving

Turducken – n. A chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a turkey. Often eaten on Thanksgiving.

As a treat, turn on a football game this afternoon to watch John Madden slobber his fat, prostitute-loving self all over one.

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November 23, 2005 — Dooced

dooced – v. 1. To lose one’s job because of one’s website.
2. Getting fired because of something that you wrote in your weblog.
3. To have all social hell break loose when people you know and/or family members finally find and read your blog.

“Blogger Heather B. Armstrong coined the phrase in 2002, after she was fired from her Web design job for writing about work and colleagues on her blog, Dooce.com

Courtesy of UrbanDictionary.com

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November 22, 2005

panoply: n. 1. A splendid or impressive array.
2. Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor.

Panoply is from Greek panoplia, a full suit of armor, from pan, all + hoplia, arms, armor, plural of hoplon, implement, weapon.

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